he 2014 electoral verdict has bolstered investor confidence and raised hopes of economic revival, apex banks says in its monthly Bulletin
The move is part of a larger initiative by the government to speed up work in the highway sector.
The line-up of authors at the Times of India Literary Carnival said something about the city that hosted it. Abhishek Mande reports.
Asian-owned businesses in the US have surged and boosted the country's economic growth with Indian-owned firms raking in the most revenue by earning $3.8 billion, according to a Census Bureau report.
HCL Technologies Ltd said on Wednesday it would act as a re-seller for a business solution 'Dynamics TM,' developed by Microsoft, in the Asia-Pacific region.
Software major Infosys Technologies Chief Mentor N R Narayana Murthy has, for the fifth year running, emerged the most admired business leader of India amongst B-schools across the country.
US President Barack Obama met a group of top business executives, including two Indian-Americans, to discuss the landmark comprehensive immigration reform bill that aims to provide citizenship to some 11 million illegal immigrants, including over 240,000 Indians.
India accounted for 2.2 per cent of the revenues of Infosys.
The tier II cities' story continues to thrive.
Clarifying norms for single brand retail trading, government on Tuesday allowed foreign investors to conduct business through more than one joint venture in India.
The first quarter of the financial year 2009-10 was exceptional for Wipro's consumer care business. Santoor, its flagship soap brand, which contributed close to Rs 850 crore in 2008-09 to the company's coffers, became the number one brand in South India in its category.
The government and realty players have admitted that the prices are likely to move upwards and the supply would be affected.
According to top sources in the airline, about half the employees will shift to these JVs, which will be clearly focused on the areas of operation and will have to make money.
According to Colliers International's annual parking rate survey, average cost of parking a car in Sydney's CBD is Australian $733 a month, making it the fifth most expensive city in the world, AAP reported on Tuesday. The only more expensive city in the Asia Pacific for parking is Hong Kong, where the average price is $748 (Australian $939).
The report, Doing Business in India 2009, took into account 17 states in the\ncountry and noted that Hyderabad and Bhubaneshwar are the two nodal locations\nsuitable for opening and operating business easily.
Airtel launches new application for conducting business anywhere around the world. Users can install a client application called the Mobile Applications Tool for Enterprises or MATE from Airtel on their handset. MATE is an integrated telecom & IT platform, and enables authorised users only to access their business data through mobile devices.
Time for a toast! Three people of Indian origin feature in FastCompany's list of world's 100 most creative people in business.
Gujarat is a flourshing state but its business model is not so well accepted at national level.
It hopes a significant part of its growth in India would come from the government sector, with the thrust on e-governance initiatives.
The shareholders have approved sale of the firm's fashion division, including the entire investment in Home Solutions (Retail) India, to its wholly-owned subsidiary, Future Value Retail and sale of its retail division to subsidiary Future Speciality Retail, Pantaloon said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
In an earlier interview, chief operating officer N Chandrasekaran had voiced this concern and said TCS was taking some measures. The impact was also evident on the overall revenue contribution, which fell to 4.7 per cent in FY09 from 5.2 per cent in FY08. TCS' head for Apac, Girija Pandey, feels the region will continue to be volatile till they reach a certain level.
In a letter to the bipartisan group of eight Senators -- called Gang of Eight -- who are working on the negotiations for a comprehensive immigration reform, the council has opposed several provisions of the proposed bill, which it believes, if implemented, would end up targeting Indian companies.
Singh is accompanied by External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah, Human Resource Development Minister M M Pallam Raju and Science and Technology Minister S Jaipal Reddy.
Larsen & Toubro chairman and managing director AM Naik speaks to Business Standard's Nevin John and PB Jayakumar on the new joint venture with global defence giant EADS and other plans.
Mukesh Ambani, the new media mogul of country, has his strategy cut out. For the ETV bouquet of channels, the focus would be the general entertainment channels (GEC).
Modi govt is aiming to recast the urban landscape of the country by making cities more livable.
The company will expand operations by middle of 2006.
Indian CEOs are increasingly finding representation on some of the world's most influential policy bodies.
The company had invested around Rs 1,500 crore in the business; may exit at Rs 1,100 crore.
Today, Sony has 124 channel feeds in 160 countries.
An executive of HM, which supplies auto components to leading car manufacturers in the country, said there was a general slowdown in the auto components business as major automobile manufacturers had resorted to production reduction. When asked which areas HM was likely to enter for its non-auto business, the executive said that infrastructure, power transmission and the railways were prospective sectors.
Former India cricket captain, Kapil Dev Nikanj,on Monday entered into a marketing agreement with South Africa-based Enviro-Light Technologies, promoted by former South African captain Clive Rice to launch eco-friendly street lights in India.